The rabbit hole yields results.

What does it take to recreate these components in a shop with access to a basic 3D printer and maybe a lathe?
What components could be sourced and hacked/repurposed from other devices?
Where can toner be sourced or made?


You tell me. It boggles my mind few people have gone down this path to document or create a 2D printer from scratch in their own time because we've always been able to depend on such a basic device to always be available.

Yet, here we are.

Fuck HP. This is how you kill them.

https://www.dginter.net/cst/2011CST/Chapter07/old/UnitBPrinters/old/dev/HowStuffWorks/How%20Laser%20Printers%20Work.htm